The Eucharist is central in the formation of a Christian’s living, autobiographical memory.
Autobiographical memory is the memory that we construct as we interpret our personal experiences based on our knowledge of the world. We constantly evaluate our experiences, from the mundane, such as changing diapers, to the extraordinary, such as family vacations. How we interpret and remember these experiences forms our autobiographical memory. Continue reading
On the night that Jesus was betrayed, he “took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me’” (Lk 22:19).
What does it mean to remember Jesus? Continue reading
In Revelation 5:6, the text from which we take the title of our blog, the Apostle John describes Jesus, the Lamb, as having “seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.”
What are these “seven horns” and “seven eyes”? Continue reading
In Revelation 5:6, the text behind the title of our blog, the Apostle John sees Jesus, the Lamb, standing at the center of the throne. Later, we learn that God the Father is sitting on the throne, and once again, Jesus is described as standing (Rev 5:13).
Why is Jesus standing in the throne room? Why isn’t he seated on a throne along with the Father? After all, Jesus is our King (see Matt 21:5 and Lk 23:38), and kings sit not stand. Continue reading
John the Baptist glances back to the Garden, where God provided animal skins to cover Adam and Eve’s nakedness (Gen 3:21), and to the Passover Feast, when year after year the Israelites sacrificed lambs to commemorate their deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Ex 12), and then he says of Jesus, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Continue reading
As Jacob’s days drew to a close, he gathered his sons around his bed and blessed them saying,
Judah, your brothers will praise you … You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Continue reading
The title for my blog is taken from Revelation 5:5–6, where the Apostle John writes,
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
